You may have been following the story about how the Department of

You may have been following the story about how the Department of Licensing is cracking down on Seattle’s semi-pro wrestling league, making it abide by safety regulations, post a bond, and generally be all official and shit. Well, now the nation is following it, too. In case you missed it, yesterday the Wall Street Journal gave the story a full online spread, complete with video and a slide show. It’s worth checking out.There’s one thing I wonder, though: This league’s been around for six years, but I recall in 2000 attending a seemingly similar wrestling promotion in a warehouse off of Westlake. There was no ring, per se–people wrestled on the floor–and the main event featured a doughy, naked man in what might be described as a futuristic hedgehog mask going against a diminutive woman in tights, cape, and luchador mask. Was that a league, too, or just a one-time affair?